Jemima

English Alternative forms Gemima Etymology From the name of a minor biblical character, from en he יְמִימָה dove. By folk etymology also used as a feminine form of en James. Pronunciation en /d͡ʒəˈmaɪmə/ en aɪmə Proper noun en female Hebrew. Job 42 13-15 He had also seven sons and three daughters. And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch. And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren. en 1853 w:Elizabeth Gaskell Ruth XVII -- and at last Jemima was fixed upon, because it would do either for a Scripture name or for a heroine out of a book.""I did not know Jemima was a Scripture name," said Ruth."Oh yes, it is. One of Job's daughters; Jemima, Kezia, and Keren-Happuch. There are a good many Jemimas in the world, and some Kezias, but I never heard of a Keren-Happuch; and yet we know just as much of one as of another. People really like a pretty name, whether Scripture or out of it." en 2005 w:Zadie Smith On Beauty 51 Penguin 2006 9780141026664 But then, thought Kiki, they were brought up that way, these white American boys: I'm the Aunt Jemima on the cookie boxes of their childhoods, the pair of thick ankles Tom and Jerry played around. Of course they find me funny. en 2011 Ann Cleeves Hidden Depths Pan Macmillan 9780330528641 page 165:a Fancy southern names which she couldn't remember five minutes after they'd told her. Camilla? Amelia? Jemima? It didn't matter. Ashworth would have made a note of them. Usage notes Jemima has largely fallen out of use in North America due to the association with advertising character Aunt Jemima, interpreted as a racist stereotype of African-Americans. See en Aunt Jemima. Translations female given name Finnish: fi Jemina Noun An elastic-sided boot. Anagrams en aeijmm jammie Faroese Proper noun fo proper noun f fo female Usage notes f Jemimuson Jemimudóttir Declension Jemima Jemimu Jemimu Jemimu